You will be making a part for a customer that requires 450 parts/day. You will have 420 minutes per day in which to work. There will be five tasks required for each part and the times and precedence matrix is shown below.
Task Time Precedence
A 50 sec -
B 25 sec A
C 15 sec -
D 6 sec A
E 5 sec B
How many workstations will be needed to make the new product?